1. Visual and Sound Techniques
ANALYZING TV PROGRAMS
Visual and Sound Techniques

2. TYPES OF SHOT
LONG SHOT
Provides wide view of a scene, showing many objects and/or people
Establishes the setting

3. Medium Shot Shows one or more characters from the waist up.
Shows interaction between two or three people.

4. Close-up Shot
Shows a detailed view of a person or object to create emotion

5. Hand-held shot
Camera is held and moved by the camera operator to achieve unsteady images
Used mainly in drama to convey a feeling of realism

6. Editing
How the shots in a show are selected and arranged to help viewers understand the story, show passage of time, and to create a mood.

7. Laugh Track Used in sitcoms
Believed that viewers enjoy comedies more when others are laughing along
Sometimes filmed in front of a live audience and will use both real and laugh track.

8. Music Helps to create the identity of the show (theme song)
Also used to tell the viewer how they should feel about the story

9. Sound Effects
A sound for different elements is edited into the show to seem more exciting and real.
Beeping machines, rocket engines, etc.